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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by LOVE YOUR STORY CO.

Totals

Total revenue
$622,992
Total expenses
$184,834
Contributions and grants received
$607,779
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$647
Other revenue
$14,566
Total assets, end of year
$780,580
Total liabilities, end of year
$198,227
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$582,353
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$129,289
Management and general expenses
$34,010
Fundraising expenses
$21,535
Program service expenses (Part III)
$129,289

Program services were 69.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $607,779

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $54,995

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $647 · excluded $647

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $56,440

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $26,468

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $29,972

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $9,314

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $24,720

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total -$15,406 · related or exempt -$15,406

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $60,000 · program services $45,000 · management and general $9,000 · fundraising $6,000

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $18,613 · program services $13,960 · management and general $2,792 · fundraising $1,861

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $6,014 · program services $4,511 · management and general $902 · fundraising $601

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $4,633 · management and general $4,633

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $9,097 · program services $4,344 · management and general $3,305 · fundraising $1,448

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $12,156 · program services $3,013 · fundraising $9,143

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $8,487 · program services $1,330 · management and general $5,557 · fundraising $1,600

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $8,818 · program services $6,613 · management and general $1,323 · fundraising $882

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $31,929 · program services $31,929

  • 17 · Travel

    total $4,102 · program services $4,102

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $2,993 · program services $2,993

  • 20 · Interest

    total $2,459 · management and general $2,459

  • 24a · Other expenses: GUEST SUPPLIES & ASST.

    total $11,494 · program services $11,494

  • 24b · Other expenses: BANK SERVICE CHARGES

    total $4,039 · management and general $4,039

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $144,195 · end of year $357,625

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $402,779

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    end of year $402,779

  • 15 · Other assets

    end of year $20,176

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    end of year $198,227

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $75,195 · end of year $582,353

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $69,000

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

WE PROVIDE RESPITE AND BELONGING FOR FAMILIES IMPACTED BY DISABILITIES. LET'S CREATE A WORLD WHERE EVERYONE - INCLUDING FAMILIES IMPACTED BY DISABILITIES - CAN REST AND BELONG IN OUR COMMUNITIES AND IN OUR SCHOOLS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

WE MAKE LIFE A LITTLE EASIER FOR FAMILIES IMPACTED BY DISABILITIES.

  • HOUSING - LYS PROVIDES FREE, TEMPORARY HOUSING WHEN FAMILIES IMPACTED BY DISABILITIES ARE TRAVELING TO GAINESVILLE, GA TO RECEIVE TREATMENT FOR THEIR CHILD. DURING THE STAY THE FAMILY IS SERVED MEALS, COFFEE, PAPER PRODUCTS, OR ANYTHING NEEDED TO MAKE THEIR STAY SUCCESSFUL.

    Expenses $129,289

  • COMMUNITY - LOVE YOUR STORY IS STARTING QUARTERLY MEETUPS FOR MOMS AND CAREGIVERS OF KIDS WITH DISABILITIES: MEETUPS WHERE CAREGIVERS CAN SHOW UP AND FEEL SEEN. NO NEED TO WORRY ABOUT PEOPLE NOT GETTING IT. NO NEED TO EXPLAIN THINGS. THESE MEETUPS ARE OPPORTUNITIES TO CONNECT WITH OTHER FAMILIES WHO GET IT. WE ANTICIPATE THIS PROGRAM TO BEGIN IN 2025.

  • EDUCATION - WE'RE STARTING WITH A DISABILITY 101 NEWSLETTER FOR K-5 STUDENTS IN GAINESVILLE, GA. EVENTUALLY, WE WANT TO BRING DISABILITY EDUCATION TO COMMUNITIES EVERYWHERE. WE ANTICIPATE THIS PROGRAM TO BEGIN IN 2025.

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Abigail Burle

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $60,000
    From this org
    $60,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Anissa Balch

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Joy Banks

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jordan Benfield

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Meri Kate Boynton

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Laurie Brown

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Ryan Burle

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lacy Ferbrache

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Beverly Filson

    CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Elizabeth Higgins

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jess Owens

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Luke Polluck

    CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
8 September 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202512809349301911

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